Foreign Fruit : A Personal History of the Orange

Author: Goh, Katie

Memoirs

Published on 9 April 2026 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 256 pages, b/w integrated illustrations
198 x 130 x 18 | 176g

WINNER OF SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR DEBUT NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026A DEBUTIFUL BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR'A bold new voice' IRISH TIMES'Visceral . . . I could feel every word' ANGELA HUI'Thoughtful, poetic and clear-sighted' CECILE PINThe orange is a souvenir of history. Across time, it has been a harbinger of God and doom, fortune and failure, pleasure and suffering. It is a fruit containing metaphors, dreams, mythologies, superstitions, parables and histories within its tough rind. So, what happens when the fruit is peeled and each segment - each moment of history, each meaning in time - is pulled apart?In this distinct, subversive and intimate hybrid memoir, Katie Goh explores the orange as a means of understanding the world, and herself within it. What she reveals is violence, colonialism, resilience, survival, adaptation - and unexpected beauty and sweetness against all odds.